alzhimers, know anyone? Options

[jackizzle]

so my gramma just came to live with us right. and she has alzheimers which is why she is. so i just wanted to get people opinion or respsonse.. or something. do you know anyone with alzheimers? how were you affected. for me its just kind of hard because everything is so weird like at home.

and if you dont know what alzhiemrs is.. use the internet and look it up! haha

[ParanoidAndroid]

yeah this old lady in the nursing home..there's a picture of her son there and i would ask her (to test her as they put it) who that guy in the picture is and she keeps saying, "umm, idk" and shakes her head

[emazing]

Yeah, some pretty old and frail seniors at the Senior Center (I volunteered there once or twice for community service), and it's sad, honestly.

yeah this old lady in the nursing home..there's a picture of her son there and i would ask her (to test her as they put it) who that guy in the picture is and she keeps saying, "umm, idk" and shakes her head

[Nicolatofu]

My great aunt had it. It was soo depressing. After her husband died, it got worse. Once she was offered a puppy to help her feel not so lonely and she just said "Well I have to wait until my husband gets home from work and ask permission" I was like.. woaah.

[jackizzle]

^ yeah after my grandpa died it really pushed her alzheimers farther. she takes cups and doesn't know it. you can't leave sharp things near her. she tried to brush her teeth with a raxer one day.

its depresing

[*mipadi*]

I might, but I'm not sure. I can't remember.

[Rachel]

^He.he.

My great grandmother has it. I really don't like visiting her in the homes because it makes me sad. She rarely remembers who her own daughter is, let alone her great grandkid.

[Gypsy Eyes]

^x2
Please don't joke about it, it's a very serious illness.

My great aunt died of it. It was the scariest thing in the entire world. She used to get mad at my great uncle (her husband) because she though he was kidnapping her. Once we found her under the dock sitting in a little ball. When she died she didn't know who anyone was, she called her own sister (my grandmother) a devil in disguise. It was really sad.

[Mr. Slowjamz]

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my grand,other had it when i met her the 2nd time in the philippines , i used to cherish lovely memories with her when i was little when she used to live with us . when i found out how different she was and who she was at a person . it kinda made me depressed . but she died 3 years ago ...so im not deeply affected about it anymore

[omgah_itsmaggiex]

my best friends grandma had alzhimers. she died 2 months ago though..

[stryker76]

My Grand mother has the early stages of it....but its progrssing

[demolished]

OMG. How sad. =[ i didnt know there was such illness. it's extremely depressing.

[FoxBandCutie08]

My grandma has it. It's sad, most people with the disease don't want to admit that they have it, so it makes it hard to give them treatment. We just had to watch her mind drift away, and now she can't even finish a sentence. It's a very sad thing to watch.